YELLOW 297 



CLAMMY GROUND CHERRY 



Physalis heterophylla Physalis Virginiana 



Potato Family 



Fruit. The yellow berry is loosely inclosed 

 in the membranous calyx, which is much sunken 

 at the stem. The fruit stem and calyx are 

 pubescent. The solitary fruits hang along the 

 branches from the leaf axils. 



Leaves. The leaves are broad, thick, and 

 somewhat heart-shaped. They and the petioles 

 are hairy. The apex is generally acute and the 

 margin wavy, often having irregular, tooth -like 

 lobes. 



Flowers. The yellow, five-lobed flowers 

 have brown centers and yellow anthers. 



This is the most common species and is very 

 variable. It is a viscid, hairy, much-branched, 

 spreading perennial. It extends from Ontario 

 and Minnesota to Texas and Florida. 



Var. ambigua is coarser, and coarsely covered 

 with long soft hairs. The anthers are violet. 



